Finals Flashcards
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What are the four characteristics that best describes a hazardous waste?
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Ignitability, reactivity, corrosivity, toxicity
2
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A liquid is ignitable if it has a flash point (lowest temperature at which combustion occurs) of less than ___
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60 degerees
3
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A liquid with pH level of ___ is considered corrosive
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5 to 7 and 12.5 or more
4
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A waste is said to be ____ if it has the ability to eat through containers or dissolve metal
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Corrosive
5
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This is not included in the three aspects related to sustainable management
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Company
6
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Three aspects of sustainable management
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Environment, needs of present and future generations, and economy
7
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It is not a sustainable goal
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No to plastics
8
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What is the sustainable development goals plan of action on sustainable cities and communities
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enhance inclusive urbanization
9
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By what year should the sustainable development goals be accomplished
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2030
10
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____ is a sustainable development goal that conserves and sustainably uses the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development
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life below water
11
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What SDG ensures inclusive, equitable and promotes lifelong learning opportunities for all?
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Quality Education
12
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Toxic substances and hazardous and nuclear wastes control act of 1990 is also known as
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RA 6969
13
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This is a method in hazardous waste treatment that is very common yet controversial for its negative environmental effect which is air pollution
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incineration
14
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A secure hazardous waste landfill must consist of the
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- Upper system layer for prevention of leachate accumulation.
- Lower system layer for backup
- leachate collection system
15
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It is the identification, monitoring of impacts, and design to improve facilities that can greatly help meet the goal of helping reduce the negative impact in our environment
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Environmental impact management
16
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This is in general are wastes that has substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment
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hazardous waste
17
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This chemical is a man-made oil used as dielectrics in electrical equipment because of its resistance to high temperature and pressure
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Polychlorinated Biphenyl
18
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- Total ban on products
- Limitations in usage
- Gradual phase-out
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The following are the product specifications in CCos
19
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- Eliminate the production and use of intentionally produced POPs
- Eliminate or reduce unintentionally produced POPs
- Manage proper and environmentally sound disposal of POP wastes
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Provisions for Stockholm convention
20
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Description of POPs
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- Always contain carbon
- Accumulate in fatty issues
- Harmful to humans
21
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This type of POP is produced intentionally
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Pesticides and Industrial Chemicals
22
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12 POPs
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Aldrin
Chlordane
DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)
Dieldrin
Endrin
Heptachlor
Hexachlorobenzene
Mirex
Toxaphene
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs)
Polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs)
23
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The government agency that controls the usage of fertilizers and pesticides
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DA - FPA
24
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The government agency that controls the usage of dangerous drugs
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DDB - PDEA
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The government agency that controls the usage of industrial chemicals
DENR EMB
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The DOST - PNRI is in-charge on what controlled chemicals
Radioactive chemicals
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It is the propagation of noise with harmful impact on the activity of human or animal life
noise pollution
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According to WHO the allowed noise level for residential areas is
50dB
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It is the waste that contains radioactive material and is usually a by-product of nuclear power generation and other applications of nuclear fission or nuclear technology, such as research and medicine
Radioactive Waste
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Exposure to radioactive waste may cause health impacts due to ionizing radiation exposure. True or false?
True
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It is a technique to assess environmental impacts associated with all the stages of a product's life from raw material extraction through materials processing, manufacture, distribution, use, repair and maintenance, and disposal or recycling
Life-cycle assessment
life cycle analysis
cradle to grave analysis
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It is a system and database which integrates procedures and processes for training of personnel, monitoring, summarizing, and reporting of specialized environmental performance information to internal and external stakeholders
Environmental management system
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The goals of EMS are to increase compliance and waste
False
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What are the established models or environmental management systems ?
ISO 14001: 2015
ISO 14005: 2019
Eco-management and audit scheme
35
When did the UN announce the 2030 agenda
September 2015
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Aims to conserve the environment of marine wildlife
SDG 14
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It is the document produced as a result of the effects on the environment caused by a development
Environment Impact Statement
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SDG # that targets to end world hunger by 2030
SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
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What do several different populations living together make?
community
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Which is an example of an abiotic element changing an area
water flooding the area
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two members of the same species fight over who gets a certain food. Mmebers of different species try to take over a certain nesting area. These are both examples of
competition
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When there is a lot of pollution, rain can be acidic, harming plants and animals. What is this an example of?
An abiotic factor affecting an ecosystem
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The speed of water is an important abiotic factor in a freshwater ecosystem because
Animals must adapt so they are not washed away
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A community is several species of animals interacting, while a population is
members of one species in an area
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What word describes the mammals, fish, birds, and plants that live in an environment
biotic
45
Organisms that can make their own food from sunlight area called
producers
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The largest population an environment can support is its
carrying capacity
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Herbivores, carnivores, and omnivorse are all
consumers
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Bears eat fruits such as berries and animals such as fish. They hibernate in the winter. They give birth to live young.
They are consumers
49
Suppose there were a bird that always sat on a horse's back and ate the insects that would bite the horse
Mutualism
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When a parasitic worm invades an animal, who is the host?
the animal
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In which relationship do living things help each other?
Mutualism
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What level of organization comes after population
community
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Animals that eat a variety of meats, fruits, and vegetables are
omnivores
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After one species disappears, the other species in the ecosystem
are thrown out of balance
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grass that gains energy from the sun is an example of
Producer
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Rocks, temperature, and water are what part of the environment
abiotic
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a bird eats a worm. Who is the predator?
the bird
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It cause alkalinity as well as hardness in natural water
calcium carbonate, calcium bicarbonate, magnesium carbonate
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Temporary hardness is caused due to
Magnesium carbonate
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Permanent hardness is caused due to
magnesium sulphate
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the process of nutrient enrichment is termed as
Eutrophication
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It is a bacterial species found in the fecal matter of warm-blooded animals (humans, other mammals, and birds)
Escherichia coli
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Water quality is manifested in the basic physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of water.
alkalinity, hardness, salinity
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It is a physical property of water that refers to the organic salts and small amounts of organic matter present in the solution
Total dissolved solids
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Increased salinity and increased alkalinity are consequences of
Having more dissolved ions in a water sample
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It is a measurement of the amount of dissolved oxygen (DO) that is used by aerobic organisms when decomposing organic matter in water
Biological oxygen demand
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It is a measure of the capacity of water to consume oxygen during the decomposition of organic matter and the oxidation of inorganic chemicals such as ammonia and nitrite
chemical oxygen demand
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It is the term used to collect solid wastes from wastewater
Sludge
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ozonation, chlorination, UV light treatment are common
methods of water disinfection
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It refers to the process by which fine particulates are caused to clump together into a floc. The floc may then float to the top of the liquid (creaming), settle to the bottom of the liquid (sedimentation) or readily filtered from the liquid
Flocculation
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It declared that the state shall pursue a policy of economic growth in a manner consistent with the protection, preservation and revival of the quality of fresh, brackish, and marine waters
RA 9275
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The DENR administrative order is to prevent, abate, and control industrial pollution. It sets the effluent standards in terms of concentration and/or volume that any wastewater discharge coming from a point source i.e industrial plants and municipal sewerage systems should meet
DAO 53
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A body of water that contains not more than 500ppm dissolved common salt, sodium chloride, such that in ground water, rivers, ponds, and lakes
freshwater
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A subsurface water that occurs beneath a water table in a soils and rocks, or in geological formations
groundwater
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A water body classification in the philippines that is under public water supply class I and is intended primarily for water having watershed, which are uninhabited and/or otherwise declared as protected areas, and which require only approved disinfection to meet the latest PNSDW
Class AA
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A water body classification in the philippines that is under Public water supply class II and is intended as source of water supply requiring conventional treatment (coagulation, sedimentation, filtration and disinfection) to meet the lastest PNSDW
Class A
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This refers to the process of removing undesirable chemicals, biological contaminants, suspended solids, and gases from water
water purification
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Population of organisms that live in and interact in a particular area form a(n)
community
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the study of interactions between living things and their environment is
ecology
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a spider that feeds on live insects is an example of
predator
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the part of eath where life exist is the
biosphere
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when the close interaction between two ogranisms result in long term changes in both organisms ___ has taken place
coevolution
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Greater air quality index of a region, more polluted is the air
True
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CO, O3, PM2.5, NH3, PM10, Pb, NO2, SO2 are considered when measuring air quality
true
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What range of air quality index has most severe impact on human health
401-500
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electrostatic precipitator and bag filters
are used to control particulate matter
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tomato, tobacco, watermelon
are the indicator of ozone pollution
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Ozone (O3)
Carbon monoxide (CO)
Nitrogen oxides (NOx)
Sulfur dioxide (SO2)
Particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5)
Lead (Pb)
major pollutants
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The major contributor of carbon monoxide is
motor vehicle
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ozone is naturally found in
stratosphere
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ozone is formed in the upper atmosphere by a photochemical reaction with
Ultraviolet solar radiation
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The principal source of volatile organics (hydrocarbons) is
motor vehicle
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As defined in RA 8749, this refers to the areas with common weather or meteorological conditions and sources of air pollution which affect the interchage and diffusion of pollution in the surrounding atmosphere
Airshed
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Based on what kyoto protocol set emission reduction targets for the group of greenhouse gases
carbon dioxide equivalents
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when did kyoto protocol entered into force
2005
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When is the first commitment period for the kyoto protocol expired
2012
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What are the substances present in the ozone layer depleting substances controlled by the montereal protocol
Either chlorine or bromine
98
Which amendment was agreed to phase down HFCs under the montereal protocol
Kigali amendment
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Stabilization and reconstruction of greenhouse gases
Kyoto Protocol objective
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Flexibility mechanisms of kyoto protocol that can be used by annex parties
International emissions trading
joint implementation
clean development mechanism
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It causes acid rain
air pollution
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What are the two acids formed when gases react with the tiny droplets of water in clouds
sulphur acid and nitric acid
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acid rain can affect the plants through
removing nutrients from the soil
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which is the most acidic in pH scale
0
105
It is an important heat trapping gas
carbon dioxide
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Reason for sea level rise
expansion of sea water
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IPCC means
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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How climate leads to conflict in vulnerable regions
by shortage of food and water
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What measures the global warming rate
climatologist
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How human activity has influenced global warming?
by changing the radiative balance governing the earth
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It is the anthropogenic radiative forcing of climate
Aerosols
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Why burning waste is not an acceptable practice of solid waste management?
because it causes several environmental issues
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The term 'Municipal solid waste' management is reduced on an individual level
Non-hazardous
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Which of the integrated waste management is reduced on an individual level
Source reduction
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Which of the following can be recycled many times?
Aluminum
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What is called for the process of burning municipal waste in a properly designed furnace under suitable temperature and operating conditions?
Incineration
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This act provides for an ecological solid waste management program, including creation of necessary institutional mechanisms and incentives, declaration of certain acts prohibited and providing penalties, and appropriation of funds
RA 9003
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Law for Toxic Substance
RA 6969
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Law for water
RA 9275
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These are sites where waste is isolated from the environment until it is safe
sanitary landfill
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This refers to the thermal decomposition of materials at elevated temperatures in an inert atmosphere
pyrolysis
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These are plastics that can be decomposed by the action of living organisms, usually bacteria
biodegradable plastics
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What are the key to effective composting
material disturbance, moisture, warm temperatures
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Full partial hydrogeological isolation
formal engineering preparations
planned waste emplacement and covering
Basic conditions for sanitary landfill
125
What layer is considered as the lowest in sanitary landfill is considered as the lowest layer which serves as foundation and prevents seeping in/out of liquids?
Liner system
126
It is the amount of solid pollutants such as dust and soot that could be found in the air
Total suspended particulates
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Acidic components in the atmosphere can fall through
rain, hail, snow
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